Simon rex nude6/29/2023 ![]() Maybe he doesn't have bad intentions, and that's enough to make you stay on board. Does he care about them, or is he just taking the moral high ground? "Real nice life decision, guys!" It is that oscillating, back and forth teetering, you don't know what his intentions are. But there are little things in the script that give him a glimmer of hope, like when he gets mad at for doing drugs. It's a throwback to the movies I grew up watching, like " Taxi Driver" and " Bad Lieutenant" - but this is different because you had to make him likeable - those were murderous, horrible people. And I love these kinds of films, personally. There are not enough movies like this anymore. It is a character study, and he is an antihero. If he's just an a**hole, and his intentions are pure evil, it is hard pull off a two hour movie and for the audience to care what happens to him in the end. That's why I made the choice to simply make him boyish and charming, and maybe he doesn't know what he's doing. How did you find sympathy with a narcissist who torches everything he touches? His thinks his charms or his looks will win them over, but they see through him. Mikey wants control and thinks he can control people, like Lexi and Lonnie and even Strawberry. He is so full of s**t that he believes his own bulls**t and just talks and doesn't listen. But yes, that's how survives and operates. I would visit my dad in Hawaii, and I would say my name is Chris because I hated my name, Simon. We went to school with them, we worked with them. I know people who are compulsive liars, who believe their lies and those are dangerous people. But who knows? I just think the guy is so full of s**t that he believes his own lies. Whether or not he's exaggerating how many - I mean, now that you mention it,, "If you can't compete with someone who f**ked over 10,000 bitches, bro. Whether he's lying or not, he is basically hustling and conning everybody. Why do you think he thinks he can convince other people of his fame and success? Is Mikey a bulls**t artist, who hopes that folks buy his lies? What do you believe about him? Did he really have success in the industry and win all those film awards or not? We only have his word on that. In a recent Zoom interview, he spoke with Salon about playing Mikey, an aging narcissist with a dad bod, and making "Red Rocket." ![]() Rex, a former MTV VJ, who appeared in hit films like "Scary Movie 3," can relate to Mikey's up and down career arc. The actor makes this loser not necessarily lovable, but certainly fascinating to watch as he encounters various situations that test his resolve. As he hustles and lies, playing the ends against the middle, Mikey hopes to come out on top. Rex is fantastic as the motormouthed Mikey, a not-so-young man who is looking for a comeback. Mikey thinks Strawberry could be his ticket back into the adult film world in California, and she seems to have a sexual interest in him, too. He soon befriends Lexi's neighbor, Lonnie (Ethan Darbone), who has a car, and eventually meets Strawberry (Suzanna Son), a 17-year-old donut shop employee. He tries to find work and ends up selling weed. ![]() After wheedling his way into her home - which she shares with her no-nonsense mother Lil (a terrific Brenda Deiss) - Mikey's restlessness sets in with a vengeance. ![]() He shows up at his wife Lexi's (Bree Elrod) house in Texas City, Texas hoping to crash "for a few days," but Mikey really has nowhere else to go. Simon Rex delivers a career-defining performance in Sean Baker's "Red Rocket" as Mikey Saber, a washed-up porn star. ![]()
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